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Middleton School House

Date: 1873
Description: Middleton School House built in at least two stages. Note the uneven stone construction of the first story and the brickwork of the second story.
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The Mazomanie School

Date: 1873
Description: The Mazomanie School, later the high school. A large group of students and teachers are standing in front of the two-story brick building with octagonal cu...
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The Mazomanie School with Students

Date: 1873
Description: The Mazomanie School, later the high school. A large group of students and teachers stand in front of the two-story brick building with octagonal cupola a...
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Fisherman before Spectators

Date: 1873
Description: View across lake towards fisherman casting before spectators. Gibraltar Rock, northwest of Lodi, Wisconsin, is in the distance.
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Lover's Retreat, Spring View

Date: 1873
Description: Identified as " Lover's Retreat, Spring View." Group in field with stream on a picnic. Children are stepping on stones in foreground with U.S. flag, people...
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Men by Haystacks

Date: 1873
Description: View across bare field towards two men posing with four haystacks behind a fence. One man is seated on a fence post and the other stands on a ladder agains...
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Hans Christianson next to Wife's Grave

Date: 1873
Description: Norwegian-American farm laborer, Hans Christianson (age 44), stands next to the grave of his childless wife, Karen Luis Christianson, born 1829, who died J...
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Frame Church

Date: 1873
Description: Finely detailed frame church with vestibule and steeple, enclosed with picket fencing with a hitching post in front.
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Pastor Claus Friman Magelssen and Family

Date: 1873
Description: Stereograph of Pastor Claus Friman Magelssen (1830-1904), his second wife Marie Schlambusch Magelssen, and their family sit around a table set for coffee. ...
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Pastor Claus Friman Magelssen with Family

Date: 1873
Description: Pastor Claus Friman Magelssen (1830-1904), his second wife Marie Schlambusch Magelssen, and their family sit around a table set for coffee in the foregroun...
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Young Men with Canes

Date: 1873
Description: A group portrait of a well-dressed group of young men with hats and canes outdoors. They may be at Maple Bluff on Lake Mendota near Madison.
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Allen E. Adsit with Father Stephen Adsit

Date: 1873
Description: Allen E. Adsit is in the left foreground in this photograph and his father, Stephen Adsit, is seated at right. Seen near the house are a wooden rain barrel...
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Family on Wrap-Around Porch

Date: 1873
Description: A family is seated on the wrap-around porch, with two men posed holding shotguns standing below them at foundation level. There are two windows in the ston...
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Playing Croquet

Date: 1873
Description: Six people playing croquet in front of picket fence; frame house with shutters and latticework on porch in background.
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Large Family around Table for Coffee

Date: 1873
Description: A family of sixteen in yard around table set for coffee. Three men are in the background, one holding a shotgun. There is a frame house with shutters and s...
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Brick School with Children

Date: 1873
Description: Large brick two-story school house with small tower and three chimneys. A group of students are in front of the building and two boys are in a tree.
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Portrait of Man with Watch Key

Date: 1873
Description: Unidentified man with watch key hanging from vest button hole.
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Farmstead from Valley

Date: 1873
Description: A view of a farmstead from across a shallow valley.
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Norwegian Sunday School Picnic

Date: 1873
Description: A Norwegian Sunday school picnic, perhaps held at Maple Bluff on Lake Mendota. The original stereograph is in the collection of the Norwegian-American Hist...
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Family by Horse and Carriage

Date: 1873
Description: A family of four stands in the distance next to a horse and carriage. Behind them is a barn with cupola and weather vane and a white frame house.

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